Management Accountant - AMS Contingent : Job Details

We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) is one of our service offerings; we act as an extension of our clients' recruitment team and provide professional interim and temporary resources.

Our investment banking client has been present in the UK for more than 150 years, they're a long-term partner to British business. Today, the Group is formed of 10 divisions and employs 9,300 staff based in 21 core locations right across the country. Their role is simply stated: help clients achieve their goals by combining local know-how and global reach. In so doing, they seek to make a positive, sustainable contribution to both the UK economy and society. On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a? Management Accountant ?for a? 6-month (rolling) contract based in? London (hybrid).

Purpose of the Role:The primary responsibility is to provide comprehensive management accounting/reporting services for Corporate & Institutional Banking Function areas to the territory/functional COO, direct reports, and cost centre managers. The candidate is expected to support line manager in providing business partnering to these remits.

As a Management Accountant, you will:

• Liaise with management/internal clients/offshore team to obtain and validate all monthly information for the production of monthly expenses (principally expense accruals and prepayments)
• Play an integral role in the annual budgeting/forecasting process, including validation of templates, justification of the figures, and any additional information to ensure managers have all the information
• Ensure correct input of budget information into bank financial systems, validate the result with the manager, and make or arrange corrections as agreed
• Attend monthly meeting with COO/N-1s/SPOCs to brief them on the overall financial performance
• Liaise with the CC managers, HR and with the Central Finance Reporting team to ensure consistency of all reported costs, headcount analysis, and commentaries
• Reconcile and control check Central Finance figures with Local reporting P&L
• Review Balance Sheet Recs for areas
• Review Aged accruals to ensure timely receipt of invoices
• Review Trade Debtor for services sold/recharges instructed and chase old debt
• Prepare forms and follow through Budget Transfer/changes in scope
• Assist offshore team with coding issues on invoices
• Prepare monthly MI packs/Flash report for all functions
• Perform SAP cost reviews for monthly closing
• Prepare working and calculations for journals, and pass them to offshore team for processing
• Assist SPOCs and related internal clients with their queries in a timely manner
• Provide ad hoc assistance as required with the annual budget/forecast process
• Conduct IFRS 16 review of premises leases, instruct modification/creation of ROU assets, analyse monthly movements with trend

What we're looking for:

• Relevant qualifications (CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent) - fully or partly
• Strong ability to interrogate, analyse, and interpret data, and produce variance analysis
• The ability to deliver within tight deadlines and confidently present to senior management
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Good understanding of IFRS 16 accounting
• MS Office skills are essential, including working level knowledge of Excel macros
• Proactive approach
• Strong ability to question and challenge the validity and accuracy of data or information received
• Prior experience of cost accounting and preparation of management commentaries
• Knowledge of General Ledger systems - essential (SAP)
• Data management systems like Hyperion Essbase/Oracle Smartview experience - desirable

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course. This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business.